-What is Homestay?
-Our Goal
-Why chooseHomestay?
-Do we provide support?

-Do I Qualify?




-House rule
-Communication
-Safety

Thank you for taking an interest in our homestay program. The homestay experience is quickly becoming a common and popular way for people from around the world to meet and get to know one another.

Homestay allows international students to live in a American home as a member of the family. Our host families are carefully selected because of their kind and caring personalities, and for their genuine desire and willingness to open their homes and share their families lives and customs with the student.

The goal of AIE's homestay program is to provide these students with a friendly, nurturing environment in which they can improve their understanding of American culture, language, and form meaningful and lasting relationships by living an American family. It is through shared experiences like this that we will learn much about the people and countries that surround us. We encourage both the student and host to take an active role in learning about the other's culture and lifestyle, and to this end we hope that student will be able to participate in as many family activities as possible.

Students that live in homestay find that their English improves dramatically through conversation and daily involvement with their families. Homestay will provide students with a safe, clean and caring atmosphere during your stay. Your Host family will help you to adjust to your exciting new lifestyle in American. Both host and student gain the opportunity to talk and spend time with one another in a manner that is not usually an option in conventional tourism. For the student, homestay is a chance to participate in the daily life of an American family and to make American friends. And for those studying English, staying with a family provides plenty of opportunities to practice the language and to see how it is used by native speakers. For the host, it is a chance to learn not only about another culture but also to learn more about their own as they see America through their student's eyes. AIE-USA's homestay program is perfect for hosts and students interested in forming new friendships and learning from a cultural exchange. It is important that our hosts and students be patient and flexible in their relationships with one another and that they keep in mind that the various languages and cultures of the world are not right or wrong - just different. And as there are many differences, both cultural and personal, we ask both parties to remember to always "treat others as you wish to be treated yourself." AIE-USA has always encouraged suggestions from its host families and students on ways to improve its homestay program. Please send pictures of your family and home as they help a great deal in mentally preparing participants for their experience. The more a student knows about the situation he or she is entering beforehand, the easier the adjustment after arrival.

Do we provide support ? We realize that this may be the first time you are hosting a student. We understand the challenge of communication, and we make sure we are available for support and counseling at any time that students and host family needs us.